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  • 50 Cent Claims JAY-Z Tried to Block His Super Bowl Performance, Cites Business Rivalry as the Motive

    50 Cent Claims JAY-Z Tried to Block His Super Bowl Performance, Cites Business Rivalry as the Motive

    50 Cent claims JAY-Z attempted to block his Super Bowl performance in 2022, detailing the interference he faced

    50 Cent again reasserts that JAY-Z tried to block him from performing in the 2022 Super Bowl and explains the type of interference. The G-Unit general appeared unannounced during Dr. Dre’s iconic halftime show in Los Angeles, an event also featuring Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and Mary J. Blige.

    50 Cent almost didn’t perform at the show for the obvious reason that JAY-Z was using some backdoor influence, because he has been one of the leading figures in organizing the halftime show since signing with the NFL in 2019.

    In an interview on Cam’ron’s new show Talk With Flee, 50 suggested that the fight was business, not just music. Talking now, though, about his Sire Spirits liquor, which has relationships with 11 major league sporting teams, 50 Cent explained that he also might have been a cause of friction because these owners were beginning to see the power of 50 and wanted to align with him too due to his high-profile connections and perhaps even more because he appeals to a lot of rich sports team owners.

  • JAY-Z’s ‘Book of HOV’ Museum Exhibit Becomes an actual Book

    JAY-Z’s ‘Book of HOV’ Museum Exhibit Becomes an actual Book

    Missed JAY-Z’s “Book of HOV” exhibit? Don’t worry—it’s now an epic book

    For all those JAY-Z fans out there squirming in pain for missing the memorable “Book of HOV” museum exhibition, all is not lost as the show has been converted into a mind-blowing coffee table lexicon.

    On Wednesday (December 4), the rap giant collaborated with the luxury publisher Assouline to release The Book of HOV: A Tribute To JAY-Z – coincidently on his 55th birthday.

    The book documents the original exhibition, which was housed at the Brooklyn Public Library from July to December last year, that included thousands of rare JAY-Z artifacts, including original recording masters, iconic stage outfits, and photos that were never seen before.

    It promises to deliver a behind-the-scenes look into the multi-talented rapper’s life and career tribute highlighting the artistry, achievements, and cultural influence. Another splendid feature has been a complete reconstruction, to scale, of Baseline Studios, where JAY-Z recorded such classic sounds as The Blueprint and The Black Album.

    According to Assouline, the 432-page book, “dedicates and enshrines the immersive installation,” compacting thousands of archived units that encapsulate every facet of JAY-Z’s career.

    The collector’s edition holds nearly 700 images along with detailed essays spread across eight chapters. This promises to give an in-depth view into JAY-Z’s lasting cultural impact for its readers.

    Fans, however, should brace themselves for a hefty sum: $120 for the “classic” edition, and $2,000 for the “ultimate” edition, which comes in a classy clamshell case with white gloves and a signature canvas tote bag.

  • J. Cole Shares the Moment He Earned JAY-Z’s Respect with ‘Villematic’

    J. Cole Shares the Moment He Earned JAY-Z’s Respect with ‘Villematic’

    J. Cole alluded to the day when he finally received approval from JAY-Z

    While Cole is now considered part of Hip Hop’s Big Three along with Drake and Kendrick Lamar, 15 years ago he was just an artist trying to make it and impress JAY-Z, the man in charge of his Roc Nation label.

    Opening up in his audio series, Inevitable, Cole traced back to those frustrating formative years-the complicated relationship he shared with the rap idol who signed him in 2009, around the time when it was a challenge to be taken seriously by JAY-Z.

    It was the track Villematic-along with its powerful freestyle version over Kanye West’s Devil in a New Released in September 2010 that Signaled the Shift. In the latest episode of the 10-part series, Cole revealed that this track got a response from the usually critical JAY-Z.

    “The reaction I got from Jay on that song was different,” Cole shared. “He didn’t reach out directly, but we were at the Yankee Stadium show [with Eminem]. At that point, I was signed to Jay, but I rarely saw him. He wasn’t my guy like that. I wanted him to view me as a peer, not a little brother.”

    Cole threw a backstage meeting during that concert which turned the tables for him. “I saw Jay coming out of the artist lounge and he was like, ‘Cole! Yo, n-gga!’ He said, ‘That ‘Villematic’?!’ or as he called it, ‘Vill-er-matic.’ He said, ‘Woo! That’s my favorite joint I ever heard from you.’ That moment meant everything to me.”

  • JAY-Z’s Team Roc Files Lawsuit Against Kansas City Police and Local Government

    JAY-Z’s Team Roc Files Lawsuit Against Kansas City Police and Local Government

    JAY-Z’s Team Sues Kansas City Police and Local Government

    The branch of JAY-Z’s charitable work called Team Roc has stepped into legal action against the Kansas City Kansas Police Department and its administration accusing the targeted agencies of preventing the accomplishment of their investigation about the cases of wrongful convictions.

    On Tuesday, November 19, legal documents were filed explaining that KCKPD has ignored the request submitted under the Kansas Open Records Act for other public records made in November 2023, Fox 4 KC reported. In the appeal, the TTD claimed that after repaying $2,200 in fees, the department has refused to release certain documents that are critical to the claims of police misconduct and abuse. Out of 225 documents provided, most Team Roc says were irrelevant, simply filled with employee and training documents.

    “Kansas City residents have suffered enormously as a result of KCKPD abuses. Some have been framed for crimes they did not commit; some have been coerced into providing false testimony; some have been sexually assaulted; some have endured brutal beatings; and some have even been killed. Rather than promoting a culture of transparency and accountability, the KCKPD has a long history of turning a blind eye to, at best, and even covering up, if not worse, abusive and/or corrupt conduct by its officers.”

  • Dame Dash Takes Shots at JAY-Z Following Roc Nation Sale; Alleges Drake Pulled Back $6M Bid

    Dame Dash Takes Shots at JAY-Z Following Roc Nation Sale; Alleges Drake Pulled Back $6M Bid

    Dash questions Hov’s financial prosperity

    Dame Dash has come out against JAY-Z in light of the failed auction of his Roc-A-Fella shares.

    On his America Nu Network, a sad Dash recounted how, as he was walking towards the new stadium, his one-third share of the company was sold to the state of New York for a million dollars.

    Disappointed with the outcomes of the widely reported and televised auction, Dash went ahead to quell the hype surrounding the former partner, saying: “What this really taught me was that, in the world, homie isn’t as big as he portrays.”

    He continued: “I thought more people would be interested in buying it […] I thought people would at least show up. No one even showed up! […] Jay didn’t even make a bid. He didn’t think it was worth $3 million. A billionaire, supposedly.”

  • Cam’ron discusses awkward text exchange with Jay-Z following B-Sides concert

    Cam’ron discusses awkward text exchange with Jay-Z following B-Sides concert

    Cam narrates strange convo with Hov

    Cam’ron recounts a strange text conversation he had with JAY-Z after they met on stage at the memorable B-sides concert of Roc Nation held in 2019.

    In the latest episode of his YouTube show Talk With Flee, Killa Cam opened up about the day’s activities in which he took an unanticipated turn to perform, “Welcome to New York” alongside her former label head whom he was famously at odds in the 2000s.

    He went on to talk about the aftermath of the concert and specifically a text exchange he had with Hov.

    “He texts me, ‘Yo, that was dope last night.’ [I replied,] ‘That was really dope, I appreciate you guys putting this shit to bed.’ He was like, ‘Yeah, man. See how much shit we can do when n-ggas stop acting like there’s fake beef out here. That shit slows shit down.’”

    Cam continued: “I didn’t know how to take that. I didn’t know what he meant when he text that. I replied, ‘Well, no matter what, you, Dame and Biggs gave me the opportunity to feed my family legally, so I don’t have no problem with it.’

    “But inside, I’m like, ‘Why would he even text that?’ I don’t know. Even to this day, I don’t have no problem but I thought that was weird.”



  • Bobby Shmurda seemingly blames Diddy & Meek Mill’s gay allegations on Jay-Z

    Bobby Shmurda seemingly blames Diddy & Meek Mill’s gay allegations on Jay-Z

    Shmurda weighs in on Diddy & Meek accusations

    Bobby Shmurda has made the questionable statement that Diddy’s former associate Roc Nation has been the one feeding information regarding the alleged affair between him and Meek Mills. Shmurda, who was also previously signed by Roc Nation, attacked the company in its appearance on The Danza Project claiming that the offensive stories about Meek and Diddy were created after the Meek resigned from Roc Nation in 2022.

    “I’ma tell you what’s going on with Meek. I left the team that Meek was on. Meek left that team. [If] you leave that team, they come for you,” he alleged.

    “It’s like a relationship with these labels. It’s like leaving a girl with a lot of power. She’s gonna try to make your life a living hell. She’s like, ‘We own the internets, we’re gonna spread all the rumors about you. I’m gonna pay for 3,000 comments making jokes.”

    Shmurda continued: “They tried to call me gay. I fuck the most bitches ever. Like, come on, for real? I’m not even mad at them doing it; it be the n-ggas that believe it.”

  • Jay-Z earns small win in legal struggle with Dame Dash

    Jay-Z earns small win in legal struggle with Dame Dash

    Hov gains some advantage over Dame in Roc-A-Fella legal dispute

    JAY-Z has marked a minor victory in his legal tussle with Dame Dash over control of Roc-A-Fella Records, since Dash’s stake in the company, which is one-third, will now be liquidated.

    According to Billboard, Judge Robert W. Lehrburger refused to rule on the issues of copyright law about whether the rights to Reasonable Doubt will revert to JAY-Z in 2031.

    In a separate case, the judge refused New York City’s request to look into Roc-A-Fella’s finances, saying that those inquiries were not the business of the court.

    Consequently, the matter of the rights to JAY-Z’s first album still hangs in the balance whilst the court-ordered sale of Dash’s Roc-A-Fella interests is set to commence next month.

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